Poetry Assignments

Remember to write the date and the heading in your journal as you complete the entries.

Quick Write #1 and #2- 02/04/13

In order to complete this quick write you must watch the archive from today's class. The picture and the instructions for the quick write are located in there.

Journal #1 - 02/04/13

ChoicesChoose one of the following prompts and write a poem following the prompt

That presents an image in terms of all five senses, how it looks, smells, sounds, tastes, and feels

As a dialogue between two people who see some object in very different ways

In the form of a list

About a memory, in the voice and from the point of view of someone other than yourself

In the form of a letter saying good-bye

Journal #2 02/05/13

SubjectMake a quick list of terms that relate to any subject that you know well (you can go back and add to it at any time) --kinds of fish or shoes, baseball terms, car parts, fabrics, tools, instruments --whatever falls in your area of expertise. Try to list at least twenty or thirty words. Here, for example, is a list of some spices: